June. OrchidView. OUR NEXT MONTHLY MEETING June 5, 2017

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1 June OrchidView OUR NEXT MONTHLY MEETING June 5, 2017 MARIE SELBY BOTANICAL GARDENS Great Room by the Bay, The Activities Center, 811 S. Palm Avenue, Sarasota, FL 6:00 Door Opens 6:15 Roy Krueger is away. There will be no Learn to Grow Orchids/Culture class 6:45 Annual Scholarship Awards followed by refreshments Business Meeting Speaker: Mark Reinke from Marble Branch Farms Topic: Honey, I Shrunk the Or-Kids; A discussion on mini and small Cattleya breeding Members Plant Table A Plant Raffle completes our Meeting! Guests are always welcome for one or two meetings! Club address; PO Box 19895, Sarasota, FL

2 Speaker: Mark Reinke Topic: Honey, I Shrunk the Or-Kids; A discussion on mini and small Cattleya breeding Mark s program is entitled Honey, I Shrunk the Or-Kids! and is a study in the history and development of our modern miniature and compact Cattleyas. In addition to great photos and an interesting story line, it covers the best cultural practices for the various breeding lines that have descended from particular species that influence how to best grow them. The story will continue with what the future of compact and miniature Cattleyas will look like, with examples of what Marble Branch Farms has already created and has in the works to be released soon. Mark will have some exciting new Marble Branch Farms crosses available among the plants he will bring with him to sell at the meeting. Mark Reinke had a passion for plants from the time he was a child growing up in a small town outside of Chicago. When his family moved to Florida in the 1960 s he got his first orchid plant as back bulbs while helping out a neighborhood lady who had a large orchid and bromeliad collection. Since then, orchids have always been one of his major interests. In 2004, he and his partner Gary Collier sold their business in Atlanta and moved to the Blue Ridge Escarpment area of South Carolina to grow plants full time under the business name Marble Branch Farms. They constructed a large greenhouse and seed laboratory so they could focus on creating new orchid hybrids, concentrating especially on miniature and compact Cattleya types, with an emphasis on new and unusual breeding lines. They now have a thriving online business and are challenged to produce plants quickly enough to keep up with demand. In addition to orchids, Marble Branch Farms currently raises hybrid daylilies and carnivorous plants, and produces honey. Mark is active in the Western North Carolina Orchid Society and has served as President of the Atlanta Orchid Society twice. 2

3 Welcome New Members: First Name Bill Fred Eileen Lynn Halina Thomas John Margaret Last Name Dell Bigio Antonelli Purple Farsun Porviance Salventi Haas May Plant Awards: Species Choice Award: Best Hybrid Award: Cattleya Susan Gerhardt Owner/Grower: Susan Gerhardt Cattleya Rlc. Cornerstone Hawaiian Owner/Grower: Manuel Chepote 3

4 Best Hybrid Awards (cont d): Catasetum Ten Dragons Ctsm. Dragon s Teeth x Ctsm tenebrosum Owner/Grower: Jack Kneuse Miltoniopsis Memoria Memoria Sadao Miltoniopsis Memoria Sadao Ono x Miltoniopsis Cherry Red Owner/Grower: Cora Sanders Best Novice Award: Best Species Award: Bletilla Yokohama Bletilla striata x Bletilla formosana Owner/Grower: Janine Flickner Catasetum tenebrosum Black Knight Owner/Grower: Charlie Rogg 4

5 May 2017 SOS Annual Meeting Minutes: Marta Hudson introduced new members Denny reviewed the SOS website Read the 2017 Board Members and positions o Only change on the Executive board is Cindy Auchter is Treasurer o Wolf Bruckner joined the Board as a Member-At-Large 2017 Show Review o Will continue be an AOS event. o Current plans are at least 3 societies and one commercial display o The Show will have a similar floor layout as the 2017 show o We haven t finalized a Show theme yet Reminded members there were still seats on the VAOS Redlands Orchid Festival Bus Trip During 2016 a priority is to get as many position helpers that turn into replacements. o The next set of positions are. Norm s position Meeting Setup/Breakdown/Cleanup; Show Materials Transport/Storage Shed Maintenance Craig Silipo volunteered to work with Norm We need a second member to support Craig when Norm decides to retire Meeting Plant Raffle 3 Shows Plant Registration, including all Excel and Label making President We had lovely plants in the Silent Auction today. 5

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8 Our Sponsors Big Earth Landscape Supply, on Bee Ridge Road in Sarasota, will be selling Orchid Products for potting and spraying, including some items which Roy Krueger discusses during his monthly Learn to Grow Orchids sessions at 6:15 pm, prior to the Sarasota Orchid Monthly Meetings. You can call Adam at or fax a request for special items to be brought to the meeting a week before so he can have them ready. Or just go visit them on Bee Ridge just east of I-75 on the north side of the street. 8

9 SOS Silent Auction Guidelines: We will limit the total number of plants to 4 or 6 per month By the 30th of the month, prior to the upcoming meeting, a member will a request to Denny Pavlock (dpavlock@gmail.com) with the number of plants they wish to bring. Include the name of the plant, the approximate number of pseudo bulbs, size of the pot, basket or mount or that it is a bare root. If you have a jpeg picture of the flower, please include with your request. o If you do not have pic, SOS will provide one, if plant is not blooming Plants must be clean with no scale, thrips, etc. If desired, specify the minimum price you will accept for each plant. If desired, specify an ebay type Buy-It-Now amount for each plant so that a member may instantly purchase the plant. o Note: The plant will then immediately be removed from the Silent Auction Table To confirm your inclusion in the Silent Auction, Denny will send you, the member, two Silent Auction Forms for them to print and bring to the upcoming meeting. The seller will receive 75% and the SOS will receive 25% of the sale s price. Member will receive the total amount of the sale and is responsible for returning 25% (cash or check) plus the Silent Auction Form to the SOS Treasurer at the conclusion of the meeting. 9